Just a reminder that there is no school on Friday as it is a Professional Development day for our staff.
We are excited for our Grade 4 group who will travel to the Univesity of Albert all next week for a wonderful, unique, and exciting opportunity to attend uSchool. Students will receive all their instruction on campus each day next week. One of the target groups and goals of uSchool is to provide exposure to post-secondary education to students who might be considered more rural! We wish them luck and thank the teachers for organizing this experience.
Next Friday, we will take a moment to pause, reflect, and remember. The Remembrance Day Ceremony will begin at 10:30. The community is welcome.
Finally, our skating permission forms have gone live. We will be skating the week after we return from break. Please email your child’s teacher if you can help with supervision—it is important!
We hope you have a safe and fun Halloween night!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Mr. Coffin
Important Dates
November 1- PD Day – No School
November 3- Daylight Savings
November 6- School Council AGM
November 8- Remembrance Day Ceremony
November 8- Mom’s Pantry Deadline
November 11- Remembrance Day – No School
November 18 – Skating Starts
November 20 – Photo Retake Day
Mom’s Pantry Fundraiser
Please check the instructions on our website here.
You can shop until you drop, then at checkout choose Robina Baker and type in the student who you are supporting.
Retake Day November 20
Photo Retakes are on Wednesday, November 20, in the morning. If you would like your child to have their photo taken again, please let your teacher know. If your child doesn’t regularly attend on Wednesdays or mornings, you are welcome to bring them in on the morning of November 20 and we will get their picture taken.
The same code for retakes is on the piece of paper that came home with your child on Picture Day.
Skating Starts Soon
November 18-21 and January 13-15 students will be skating at the GFL Twin Arena. Each class will have a half-hour time slot on the ice in which they will be participating in learn-to-skate activities and games that are appropriate for their ability level.
All students must wear:
- CSA approved helmet
- outdoor jackets
- Gloves or mittens
- Ski pants (younger skaters)
Remembrance Day Ceremony
We want to invite our families to attend our Remembrance Day Ceremony on Friday, November 8 at 10:45 a.m. We ask that all students and staff wear formal dress, please. Students who participate in Brownies or Boy Scouts are encouraged to wear their uniforms. The Devon Legion kindly provided poppies for all of our students. If you would like to send any money for a donation we will pass it to the Devon Legion.
Library Corner
- Scholastic Book Fair – Just an update: We made $5600.00 and as a result we have $2200.00 to spend at Scholastic! Thanks again to everyone who helped us reach our goal!! Lots of new books for the students to be excited about!
- Students are allowed the following number of books:
- Grades K and 1 – 1 book
- Grades 2 and 3 – 2 books
- Grade 4 – 3 books
- Please return the books a week later when it is your student’s library day. Books can be renewed! Just have your child ask me to do that.
- Overdue notices – Please do not be concerned if you receive an overdue notice. These are just reminders and you will not be charged any late fees. Please email me, not your teacher, if you have any questions or concerns about library items. [email protected]
- Amazon Wishlist. We have a wishlist for the library! If you would like to buy one of these books for the library, please don’t forget to have Amazon send us a gift note with your name on it. I like to acknowledge the person who purchased the book. Thanks!
Black Gold School Division
The Board Highlights are a summary of our Board of Trustees Regular, Organizational and Special Board Meetings.
- Also included are PowerPoint presentations or various types of information that is presented and/or viewed at the regular Board of Trustee Meetings.
Community Information & Events
